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Fotis Sees Her Lover Lucius Transformed Into An Ass. Motif From Apuleius’ The Golden Ass, by Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809)

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This painting, by the Danish artist Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809), was inspired by the peculiar ancient Roman tale of Fotis and Lucius,...

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Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge

Erasistratus Discovers The Love Of Antiochus For Stratonice, By Edward Francis Burney (c. 1760–1848)

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A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

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Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...
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(Video) The Absolute Cheesiest Tale About Charlemagne

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In this narrated video essay, we present the absolute cheesiest tale about Charlemagne (r. 768-814) that was recorded by the medieval monk and historian,...

The Curious Origin Controversy Over The Word, Easter

The Tale Of Charlemagne’s Humbling Prank Against A Bishop

The Bizarre Tale Of A Goblin That Gave Away Free Drinks In The Reign Of Charlemagne (Video Edition)

Alf and Yngve, from the Ynglinga Saga, by Ernst Josephson (1851 – 1906)

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Søren Kierkegaard

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Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching." From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

A Sibyl, By Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879)

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Winston Churchill

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Mencius

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 (Mencius. ETC Wehrner's Myth and Legend, Gutenberg and Commons)   Like many other ancient Chinese writers, historians can only make educated guesses about Mencius' life. The...

Gregory of Tours

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  Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594) "What are you trying to do? You have everything you want! Your homes are full of luxuries, there are vast...

A Brief Biography Of Benjamin Franklin

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(Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, painted by Benjamin West, circa 1816, via Creative Commons)   While there is a long list of impressive...

Aristotle

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Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE) "Life is in itself good and pleasant (as appears from the fact that it is sought after by all, especially by...

The Last Poem Of Skald Thormod Of Coalbrows

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In the early 11th century, there reportedly lived a poet named Thormod, who was nicknamed Kolbrúnarskald, which can be translated as the Skald of...

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